Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Find Missing Length When Given Area of a Triangle

For Students 5th - 7th
Find the base or height of a triangle when given the other and the area. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Triangle Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
This applet gives you practice finding the area of a triangle. Great place for students to "discover" how you find the area of a triangle. Directions are just a click away. [Requires Java.]
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area of Composite Shapes Involving Triangles

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find areas of combined figures involving triangles. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Unknown Dimensions of Triangles Grade 6

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the unknown dimensions of a triangle given its area and another dimension.
Unit Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Review: Area

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of area and the formulas for different shapes. An example is given to help you understand how find the area of a shape. The area formulas are listed for different types of shapes.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Calculation of Triangle Area

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses how to find the area of a triangle using Heron's formula and provides interactive examples and problems you can solve.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Area of Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides students with notes and practice with using formulas for finding the area of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Out Things About a Right Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gives basic info about a right triangle. Also students can substitute values for sides or angles in order to find missing values. The method for solving is then explained.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Adding Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sharpen your logic and geometry skills by finding the area of a triangle. Solution available.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Surface Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students learn how to find surface area of rectangular and triangular solids.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Volume of a Triangular Prism

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a triangular prism. Try different figures for the height and the dimensions of the triangular face to see how these affect the volume. An accompanying chart also presents five methods for...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Determination of Unknown Triangle Measures Given Area

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at triangle problems where you are given the area and must use trigonometry to find unknown sides or angles.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Find Base and Height on a Triangle

For Students 5th - 7th
Identify the height of a triangle when given the base. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 1.6 Area or Perimeter of Triangles/ Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore finding and measuring perimeter of figures.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C Mutually Tangent Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three circles are mutually tangent. Students are asked to find the total area of the circles plus the area inside where they meet. Students will need to know how to calculate the area of a circle, a sector of a circle, and an equilateral...
Activity
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Area of a Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to finding the area of a triangle using the sine function. Includes several pictures and examples.
eBook
Other

Algebra Lab: Areas and Perimeters of Triangles and Special Quadrilaterals

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Learn how to find the areas and perimeters of triangles and special quadrilaterals.
Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Polygons

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find the area of regular polygons, recalling what they already know about the area of geometric shapes and generalizing a formula for any regular polygon.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Review of Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of calculating the area of squares, rectangles, and triangles for fifth graders. It also includes problems that work backwards from the area to find missing dimensions. It...
Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Maximum Square

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A challenging proof like geometry of finding the square inscribed in a triangle.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Heron's Formula

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the area of a triangle when all three sides are known.
Handout
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Isosceles Triangles Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to find the sides, perimeter, area, semiperimeter, and altitude of an isosceles triangle.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Disappearing Square

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This one page website explains how to find the area of a triangle with an interactive graphic. It then offers a challenge. The solution is available right at the website.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Right Triangles Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to find the unknown angles in a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Once you know the sides you can calculate the perimeter, semiperimeter, area, and the altitudes.